Kamikaze Flashcards
Quotes
“Her father embarked at sunrise with a flask of water, a samurai sword”
Items with cultural significance convey his patriotism.
“but half way there, she thought, recounting it later to her children”
His own daughter never listened to his explanation. His legacy now was a failure.
“enough fuel for a one-way journey into history”
Death was imminent but left behind a great legacy.
“dark shoals of fishes flashing silver as their bellies swivelled towards the sun”
Reminder of the samurai sword and its power over life or death.
“the loose silver of whitebait and once a tuna, the dark prince, muscular, dangerous”
Metaphor represents the depth, diversity and power of the ocean.
“And sometimes, she said, he must have wondered which had been the better way to die.”
He regrets turning back as he did not return to what he left. He lived an ignominious life.
“on a green blue translucent sea”
He was reminded of the beauty of nature and saw an image of heaven.
